According to newly revised data from the Center for Healthcare Quality & Payment Reform, the group says that 646 hospitals across rural parts of the United States are at risk of closure, dealing a massive blow to the healthcare system in the country.
This would result in around 30% of all the nations rural hospitals potentially being forced to shut their operations.
Over 200 of these hospitals are at risk for immediate closure.
The group summarized the dilemma in the opening of their report:
Many people across the country could not receive hospital care in their community when the pandemic began because over 150 rural hospitals had closed between 2005 and 2019.
An additional 19 rural hospitals closed in 2020, more than any year in the previous decade. These closures were not caused by the pandemic, but by financial losses in previous years. Ten more rural hospitals closed in 2021 and 2022; the number was smaller than in 2019 because of the special financial assistance hospitals received during the pandemic.
The pandemic aid has now ended, so closures are likely to increase.
Additionally, the group notes that health plans are not paying enough to cover the cost of care delivery; which will likely increase as inflation remains elevated and worker shortages persist.
All but four states – Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Rhode Island – have at least two or more rural hospitals facing closure, with Texas having the largest at 81, which is 49%.
The agency provided a state-by-state breakdown.
State | Number | Percentage |
Texas | 81 | 49% |
Kansas | 56 | 54% |
Oklahoma | 38 | 49% |
Mississippi | 27 | 36% |
Alabama | 27 | 52% |
New York | 27 | 53% |
Arkansas | 22 | 45% |
Iowa | 22 | 24% |
Tennessee | 20 | 38% |
Georgia | 20 | 29% |
Missouri | 19 | 33% |
Louisiana | 18 | 34% |
California | 17 | 31% |
Montana | 15 | 27% |
Michigan | 14 | 22% |
Kentucky | 14 | 19% |
Minnesota | 13 | 14% |
Washington | 13 | 32% |
Pennsylvania | 12 | 29% |
Illinois | 12 | 17% |
South Carolina | 11 | 44% |
North Dakota | 11 | 28% |
North Carolina | 10 | 19% |
West Virginia | 9 | 32% |
Virginia | 9 | 31% |
New Mexico | 9 | 32% |
Maine | 8 | 32% |
South Dakota | 8 | 17% |
Hawaii | 8 | 67% |
Indiana | 7 | 13% |
Vermont | 7 | 54% |
Colorado | 7 | 17% |
Florida | 6 | 29% |
Nevada | 6 | 46% |
Wisconsin | 6 | 8% |
Wyoming | 6 | 26% |
Ohio | 5 | 7% |
Alaksa | 5 | 29% |
Oregon | 4 | 12% |
Idaho | 3 | 10% |
Nebraska | 3 | 4% |
New Hampshire | 3 | 18% |
Arizona | 2 | 7% |
Connecticut | 2 | 67% |
Massachusetts | 2 | 40% |
Utah | 2 | 10% |
Delaware | 0 | 0% |
Maryland | 0 | 0% |
New Jersey | 0 | 0% |
Rhode Island | 0 | 0% |
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
While it is no secret that I am not a fan of the modern medical establishment and hospitals themselves, this is a major canary in the coalmine for this economy of the country. Love it or loathe it, if the healthcare system in this country collapses then more of the country itself will collapse along with it.
Therefore, you need to prepare for a reality where medical care at its most basic form is in jeopardy of collapsing, and must learn to treat and cure yourself as best you can and stay out of harm’s way, not to mention building a stockpile of medical supplies and cures you may need.
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
Proverbs 14:15
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Boy oh boy, when the hospitals start shutting down, although it’s a great thing for us true believers but there’s also a catch-22, this country will go down the sewer hole in seconds!
But hey, par for the course. It’s God’s judgement on America!
They’re investing all the resources for their CBDC mega cities and leaving all those apposed without to fend for themselves or bend the knee to the mark of the beast.
When God gives satan orders to turn on them lol we will all be in heaven with the Lord and laughing that evil finally gets its reward.
I can’t wait, magnolia! I will be laughing, too!
We are closer to June 1st. The cbdc implementation could be linked to the debt ceiling: https://news.yahoo.com/conservatives-furious-lawmakers-close-debt-161541575.html